A new species of Haborophocoena, an Early Pliocene phocoenid cetacean from Hokkaido, Japan

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 855-874

  Ichishima, Hiroto ^a   Kimura, Masaichi ^b  

^a Katsuyama   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diminutive form; Early Pliocene; Fossil; Haborophocoena; Maturity; New species; Northwestern Pacific; Phocoenids; Porpoise

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PORPOISE; SKULL; TYPE SPECIMEN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CETACEA; PHOCOENIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 70350520012     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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